By Alvin Wang and Brian Wang Vote for the idea of Domed Cities at the GE Ecomagination competition Over a series of articles (I will link in the other articles as they are written) we will be showing that dome cities can be made profitably and that they can provide energy efficiency and other benefits. …
I will be at the first Techonomy conference on August 4-6, 2010 in Tahoe. Techonomy is technology and economy. It isorganized activities related to the invention, development, production, distribution and consumption of technology-enhanced goods and services that a society uses to address the problem of scarcity and to enhance the quality of life. Techonomy draws …
I believe before 2018 there will be many viable nuclear fusion approaches that will be competing in commercial markets. More than one could achieve technical and commercial success by leveraging different niches. Just like there is more than one kind of viable form of nuclear fission. There are metal reactors in Russian submarines, Pressure Water …
A guest column by Joseph Friedlander (The illustrations in this article were done with the help of Sketchup and using parts of models from the 3d Warehouse (hat tip!)) Hi, folks. On the principle of Six Degrees of Separation—the concept that any person in the world can be reached by someone who knows someone—I am …
Relations between Taipei and Beijing have been improving since Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomingtang Party came to power in Taiwan two years ago, promising to bolster bilateral trade and allowing the inflow of growing numbers of Chinese tourists. So there is no need for China to invade Taiwan. However, some casually toss around the …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is a powerpoint presentation on the from 2009 on the work to create a Bose-Einstein condensate of Positronium (24 pages). This work recently made progress as researchers isolated a collection of “pure” or spin polarized positronium atoms for the first time. Positronium is a short-lived …
I looked at nuclear winter and city firestorms a few months ago I will summarize the case I made then in the next section. there is significant additions based on my further research and email exchanges that I had with Prof Alan Robock and Brian Toon who wrote the nuclear winter research. The Steps needed …
J Storrs Hall looks at what the Singularity look like with just nanotech (full out molecular nanotechnology) and narrow AI? * Life Extension via molecular nanotech * human level AI * nanofactories enable the entire physical economy over into a Moore’s Law-like growth mode, eradicating hunger and poverty in a decade or two. * Flying …
David Brin talks about how the Constellation program was no good. He likes going to Phobos (Mars Moon) or near earth asteroids. He wants to open up low earth orbit access to commercial competition. He wants to lower the cost to get to orbit and space. He likes space mining. Space Exploration Part 1:Planning our …
The core idea for the nuclear verne launch gun is simple though dramatic: Dig a kilometers deep shaft—a salt layer would be easiest to penetrate (some exist 3.5 kilometers thick) —build at the bottom a giant shell, from components lowered into place, layer by layer enclosing its internal payloads with external structures (such as a …
Network World – IBM’s Jeopardy-playing supercomputer is now capable of beating human Jeopardy contestants on a regular basis, but has a ways to go before it takes on the likes of 74-time champion Ken Jennings. IBM announced plans to build a computer that can win on Jeopardy last April, and expects to stage a public …